Short course, July 2024, Łódź, Poland

by | Feb 5, 2024 | News

Volker Grimm and Steve Railsback will conduct a one-week short course on agent-based modeling with NetLogo, the week of 29 July – 2 August. The course will be at the University of Łódź, Poland. We will emphasize the entire modeling process, from determining what...

Ecological Society of America recognizes Volker Grimm

by | Sep 8, 2023 | News

The Ecological Society of America awarded Volker Grimm the 2023 Robert Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award, which is presented every two years to an outstanding non-American ecologist. The award statement noted Volker’s contributions to theoretical ecology,...

Reusable building blocks for agent-based models

by | Jun 5, 2023 | News

Uta Berger, Volker Grimm, and others recently submitted a manuscript promoting reusable components of ABMs, and established the web site www.rbb4abm.com to promote them. The authors define resusable building blocks: “An RBB is a submodel that represents a...

New software development resources from CoMSES Net

by | Apr 3, 2023 | News

CoMSES Net, the Network for Computational Modeling in Social and Ecological Sciences,is making training materials for good software practices available. Modules are now available on: Responsible practices for scientific software, Introduction to Git and Github, and...

New ODD guidance published in JASSS

by | Jul 3, 2020 | News

A new article in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation provides updated guidance on the ODD protocol for describing and developing agent-based models. A supplement to the article provides detailed guidance on each element of ODD, including specific...